Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times are Tough

More than 70% of today's job opportunities come through the hidden job market : they're never advertised, assigned to search firms or internal recruiters, or displayed at job fairs. What's more, as employers cut recruiting costs, the proportion of hidden job opportunities is actually growing. And, since most jobseekers know practically nothing about it, those who do understand it have a powerful inside advantage. Now, two career experts reveal the hidden job market, and show how to use it to dramatically improve your chances of landing a job that fits your passions and skills perfectly. Duncan Mathison and best-selling author Martha Finney help you launch a custom, personal job search that avoids competing with thousands of desperate, laid-off job seekers. Learn how to: Use the hidden job market to leap-frog salary levels or even change professions Uncover hidden market opportunities, and your target employers' unspoken needs and wants Tell your story in two minutes, and make people want to know more Get the interviews that count, and run them like a pro Network without sounding phony, lame or desperate Reframe experiences, passions, and hobbies as transferrable skills Build a strategic support team of advisors Identify a dead-ended job search, and get it restarted Negotiate compensation for hidden jobs.

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Cuprins : Acknowledgments xii About the Authors xiv Break Away from the Herd 3 Chapter 1: The Job Market Is Tight: It's Time to Take Back Control of Your Career 4 Chapter 2: Don't Trust the Official System : It's Not Working in Your Favor 12 Step 1: Make Five Mindset Fixes to Get Your Search on Track 21 Chapter 3: Stay Home or Stay in Control: Beliefs That Can Kill Your Job Search 22 Chapter 4: The HJM Search Is a Different Kind of Numbers Game 30 Chapter 5: You Don't Have to Have a Job to Get a Job 36 Chapter 6: Make Your Passion Your Most Competitive Asset 42 Chapter 7: Think Like a Hiring Manager 50 Step 2: Connect Your Hottest Skills to What Hiring Managers Really Care About 57 Chapter 8: Ability, Motivation, Fit: The Top Three Factors for the Ideal Job 58 Chapter 9: Maybe You Were Fired for Fit, Not Failure: Recovery from a Job Disaster 66 Chapter 10: Don't Have the Exact Experience? No Problem! 74 Step 3: Upgrade Your Networking to Get Better Results 85 Chapter 11: How to Make Net